I see happiness as a by-product. I don't think you can pursue happiness. I think that phrase is one of the very few mistakes the Founding Fathers made

Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path... this is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.

The new age self-help phenomenon is pretty mushy, but it's also very American. Our history is filled with traveling preachers and quack medicine and searches for the soul. I don't see this as a new thing. I think the new age is part of a phenomenon that's been there all along.

Our life is psychological, and the purpose of life is to make psyche of it, to find connections between life and soul.

Fear is a huge thing for older people.

Anytime you’re gonna grow, you’re gonna lose something. You’re losing what you’re hanging onto to keep safe. You’re losing habits that you’re comfortable with, you’re losing familiarity.

It's very hard to know what wisdom is